Upgrade Existing Plans and Templates to the Latest Cost Model

If you need to determine the impact to your budget of upgrading existing plans or user-defined templates to the latest cost model, make a copy of the plan and template and apply the new cost model to the copy to allow comparison to the prior cost model version of the plan or template.

  1. From the Plan or Template list screen, copy the existing plan/template you want to upgrade.

    1. Select the copied plan/template.
    2. Click Other Actions and select Change Attributes.
    3. On the Change Plan Attributes screen, select 6.0 from the Cost Model drop-down list.
    4. Click Save & Close.
  2. Update the cost model of the copy.
  3. From the Plan or Template list screen, select the original and its copy, and click Compare to run the comparison reports.